Word: snow
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Surprisingly, in some areas unemployment is no real problem. Massachusetts, the buckle on the formerly declining New England snow belt, is enjoying something of a boom due to prosperous high-technology firms. An official of Raytheon, the flourishing electronics firm near Boston, says, "The level of our unemployment is lost in the noise. It's hardly worth talking about." Frank Whitfield, vice president of Whitfield Pickle Co. in Montgomery, Ala., says his only problem is that he cannot get enough cucumbers. "At my plant we let 77 people go. It was not because of the economy but because...
...reminded me of my own childhood fantasies. During three days of talks, Lucas told me that what he wanted to do in the Star Wars series was to create a 'classic children's tale,' so the assignment suited me fine: I still like Peter Pan and Snow White. My older brother read L. Frank Baum's Oz stories to me when I was little, and I intend to read them to my son when he is old enough...
...this film, though life on the set was not always celestial. Captured at the beginning by one of Hoth's furry ice monsters, Mark Hamill is hung up inside the monster's cave like a side of beef. "I hung seven days upside down in that snow cave," he says. "I had to do it for both the first and second units-all for about 90 seconds worth of film." Real snakes were used in the Dagobah swamp scenes Once when Hamill brushed away a snake from his dinner bowl in a scene with Yoda, the reptile slithered...
...telephones lim at night from New Canaan, Conn., to wonder whether the vanity plates on her new BMW should say YOGURT or SUNDAE or MUFFIN. Stooped by his literacy and sorrow, Albert must listen to the Dynamo complain: "You don't play tennis, you don't snow-ski, you don't water-ski . . . Albert, we have nothing in common." The Dynamo later lets fly with some of her generation's ultimate obloquy: "You're so out of touch with your own feelings." Albert tries to unload some of his burdens upon his psychiatrist, a lulu...
...Toronto, April 1977: About 45,000 fans, formerly hockey devotees cram Exhibition Stadium by the shores of Lake Ontario to witness the Blue Jays' home debut. Souvenir ticket stubs go for a buck, cokes for 95 cents. One minor problem delays the game: the field is blanketed in snow...